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Acroplous

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36981https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36981
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eobrachyopidae : Acroplous
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-EutemnospondyliSchoch 2013
-Rhachitomi
-DvinosauriaWarren 1998
superfamilyDvinosauroideaSäve-Söderbergh 1935
familyEobrachyopidaeShishkin 1964
genusAcroplousHotton 1959
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acroplousgenusbelongs to Eobrachyopidaestated with evidenceHotton, 1959
Acroplousgenusbelongs to SaurerpetontidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Acroplousgenusbelongs to Eobrachyopidaestated with evidenceYates and Warren, 2000
Acroplousgenusbelongs to Saurerpetontidaestated with evidenceSchoch, 2013
Acroplousgenusbelongs to Eobrachyopidaestated with evidenceSchoch and Milner, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance296 - 290 Ma
Permian
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N. Hotton. 1959. Acroplous vorax, a new and unusual labyrinthodont amphibian from the Kansas Permian. Journal of Paleontology 33:161-178

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acroplous vorax
species
listed (PBDB)4299 Ma
Carboniferous
296 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1959Acroplous Hotton
1988Acroplous Carroll
2000Acroplous Yates and Warren pp. 84, 90 fig. 1
2013Acroplous Schoch
2014Acroplous Schoch and Milner p. 35

References

Hotton N. (1959) Acroplous vorax, a new and unusual labyrinthodont amphibian from the Kansas Permian, Journal of Paleontology 33, 161-178
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Yates A. M., Warren A. (2000) The phylogeny of the ‘higher’ temnospondyls (Vertebrata: Choanata) and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128 1, 77-121
Schoch R. R. (2013) The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: an inclusive phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006
Schoch R. R., Milner A. R. (2014) Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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